Action Language

Recently Joshua and Evans shared their presentation on Action and Object Language. I came across a video the other day that reminded me of the presentation, specifically action language. Action language is considered to be conscious and unconscious cues that people give off that allows others to read them. There are many different types of action language. The three main types this video focuses on are facial expressions, gestures, and movements and posture. The video is a tech trailer for LA Noire. LA Noire is a detective video game that is made by the same company that is known for the Grand Theft Auto series. In the game you play as a detective. The game focuses on the player reading people to see whether or not they are telling the truth. This has not really been done before in the video game industry. In this video you will see how they have used this new technology to change the way we play games.

Week 3, Mar. 7, 2011

http://adoholik.com/index.php?tag=women

Killing Us Softly 3 is about how advertising has caused gender stereotyping.  Ads like the one on the right (found at http://adoholik.com) are very degrading to women.  This ad is sending a message that if you buy a woman one of our diamond engagement rings she will let you get into her pants.  Ads degrading women are quite common and if you are not intently looking for them it can go unnoticed.  Woman's bodies are often used to sell products and create sex appeal.  Through images and ads that degrade women it subconsciously affects us and makes men look at women as objects instead of human beings.  Some ads even sell rape as "sexy".  Below is the video of Killing Us Softly 3.  The link to the site is http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1993368502337678412#

Angry Birds

Lately I have been addicted to this game called Angry Birds. Angry Birds is a puzzle game. The point of the game is to "pop" all of the green pigs because they have stolen your eggs. In each level the pigs are behind different barriers. Your job is to shoot these different colored birds (all of which have different abilities) at the pigs while trying to get the most possible points. You also want to try to use the least amount of birds to beat each level.
How does this relate to Visual Literacy? Simple, it is a very colorful and interactive game that involves a great deal of problem solving. I believe even though this game sounds simple and does not have a very strong story line could be a great game to have in classrooms. The strategy and problem solving in this game allow for it to be beneficial to education. This is because it trains your brain and challenges you to think about different approaches to a problem.